Main area: Community CAMHS
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 10 months (Ends August 2025)
Hours: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref: 350-CC6523346-D
Site: Thorn Road Clinic
Town: Runcorn
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. We also welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team. As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, the post holder will provide high standards of evidence-based client-centered care to children and young people with mental health problems within the THRIVE Framework for service delivery.
Applications will also be considered for Band 5 practitioners who wish to develop their skills as part of professional development.
The post holder will be expected to provide interventions, advice, consultation, and supervision to both colleagues and external partner agencies in line with THRIVE and clinical competency.
This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will demonstrate an attitude that respects and values service users and their carers. The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and adopt the principles of Recovery and THRIVE.
1. Promote safe practices
2. Value the aims of service users
3. Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice
4. Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change
5. Value social inclusion
The team promotes the THRIVE model of service delivery and is continually developing innovative and creative practice.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people across our region.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
CLINICAL
1. To hold a caseload of both specialist and generic work depending on clinical competence and experience.
2. To undertake assessments, treatment, and consultation work based on a conceptual framework and employing research-based evidence.
3. To provide direct therapeutic interventions, including assessments, formulation, and therapeutic input into children, young people, and families referred to the service.
4. To undertake risk assessments and care plans in line with the THRIVE framework.
5. To work sensitively with children, young people, and families from diverse backgrounds.
6. To participate directly in the team's duty rotas.
7. To exercise responsibility and autonomy for the assessment, treatment, and discharge of clients.
8. To deliver care co-ordination, ensuring effective assessment, care planning, and risk management processes.
9. To produce a clinical formulation and intervention plan founded on evidence-based practice.
10. To hold responsibility for standards of clinical practice within the area of specialist knowledge.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Core Profession Social Worker or Nurse with up-to-date Professional Registration.
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of working with CAMHS.
* Experience of mentorship and supervision.
* Experience in the Care Planning process.
* Working in a multi-agency framework.
* Demonstrated contribution to change management.
Skills
* Demonstrate sound leadership qualities.
* Ability to communicate effectively.
* Ability to maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records.
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As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria for the role.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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